%0 Conference Paper %1 grinter1999 %A Grinter, Rebecca E. %A Herbsleb, James D. %A Perry, Dewayne E. %B GROUP '99: Proceedings of the international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work %C New York, NY, USA %D 1999 %I ACM %K R&D distance in work %P 306--315 %R http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/320297.320333 %T The geography of coordination: dealing with distance in R&D work %U http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=320297.320333 %X Geographically distributed development creates new questions about how to coordinate multi-site work. In this paper, we present four methods product development organizations used to coordinate their work: functional areas of expertise, product structure, process steps, and customization. We describe the benefits and difficulties with each model. Finally, we discuss two difficulties that occur irrespective of the model used: consequences of unequal distribution of project mass, and finding expertise. %@ 1-58113-065-1

@inproceedings{grinter1999, abstract = {Geographically distributed development creates new questions about how to coordinate multi-site work. In this paper, we present four methods product development organizations used to coordinate their work: functional areas of expertise, product structure, process steps, and customization. We describe the benefits and difficulties with each model. Finally, we discuss two difficulties that occur irrespective of the model used: consequences of unequal distribution of project mass, and finding expertise.}, added-at = {2009-01-10T16:31:38.000+0100}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Grinter, Rebecca E. and Herbsleb, James D. and Perry, Dewayne E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ad41c455d95f802cea4637c424f577d1/pnk}, booktitle = {GROUP '99: Proceedings of the international ACM SIGGROUP conference on Supporting group work}, description = {The geography of coordination}, doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/320297.320333}, interhash = {8dd658d6af442c873b0212b029f32939}, intrahash = {ad41c455d95f802cea4637c424f577d1}, isbn = {1-58113-065-1}, keywords = {R&D distance in work}, location = {Phoenix, Arizona, United States}, pages = {306--315}, publisher = {ACM}, timestamp = {2009-01-10T16:31:38.000+0100}, title = {The geography of coordination: dealing with distance in R\&D work}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=320297.320333}, year = 1999 }